Using & Making Words with Roots

How do word roots help you learn new word meanings?

• Word meanings aren't important.

• It helps you get to the root of the problem.

• Roots help words bloom.

• If you know the meaning of a root in a word, that can help you figure out the meaning of the whole word.

Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks:

A ____________ has less wheels that a ________________.

• tricycle, bicycle

• unicycle, tricycle

• tricycle, unicycle

• bicycle, unicycle

Choose the word that completes the sentence:

A hemisphere is _____________ of the globe.

• half

• sound

• round

• a quarter

Use the root cent to help with the meaning of the word century:

A century is _______ years.

• .o1

• 10

• 1,000

• 100

The word root ology means ______

• write

• self

• life

• the study of

Can you believe that a lead pencil has no lead in it? Pencils actually use _______ to make marks on paper.

• ink

• graphite

• wax

• wood

When a store has a sale, they take a ____________ off the original price. (part off of 100% of the price)

• tag

• wallet

• load

• percentage

What does phonograph mean in this sentence?

The we played the record on a phonograph.

*Think about what the root words phon and graph mean.

• a machine that makes phones

• a collection of graphs

• a device that plays music that is written on vinyl or wax

• a way of communicating with a graph

You need to indent when you begin writing a ______________.

• poem

• paragraph

• bar graph

• sentence

It s important to _____________ whenever you can. Reducing waste that can pollute our oceans is a responsible thing to do.

• recycle

• waste

• pollute

• rest